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MLB Pick (September 1): San Francisco Giants vs. Colorado Rockies

Isn’t it a bit strange that the game I picked before this one shapes up to be a better pitchers’ duel than Lincecum vs. Jimenez?

This is still a must-see matchup, if for no other reason than to see who busts their slump first.

It makes for tough reading to see Lincecum’s numbers over his last five starts: 0-5,7.88 ERA. Ouch.

Jimenez has been better, but he’s winless over his last four starts, going 0-3. At one point, he looked set for 25 wins. Now 20 isn’t even a sure thing.

For some reason the Rockies are favprites, when, to be frank, it should be -110 for both sides.

There’s no real reason to bite on the Giants, especially when you add in how Lincecum has pitched against Colorado this season (not well).

But at some point, the Giants have to notice that they’re still well within touching distance of the Phillies in the wild card race and that the Padres are doing their best to give them a chance to make the NL West race interesting.

Perhaps last night’s 8th inning was where the light came on. In any event, I’ll bite on the team who’s good at home vs. the team who isn’t good on the road, especially when those tasty plus odds are involved. Giants ML it is.

September 1st, 2010 10:17:38 AM UTC | Posted in Baseball, Free Picks by Griffdog | No Comments

MLB Pick (September 1): Arizona Diamondbacks vs. San Diego Padres

One good thing about games at Arizona is that, no matter who’s pitching, the total will be inflated for three reasons: 1) the hitter-friendly ballpark, 2) what the D-Backs’ strikeout-prone band of ashers can do when they connect with pitches, and 3) the fact that Arizona’s bullpen isn’t particularly good (to put it mildly).

So, when presented with this matchup and a favorable total that, were this game at Petco Park, would be at least a run lower, if not more, I will gladly oblige.

Now, it is inevitable that both Mat Latos and Barry Enright will get shelled, and with that I just jinxed myself, but I’m aware of the risk, especially in the setting.

But when you have a second-year pitcher who’s pitching well beyond his 22 years (13 straight starts in which he hasn’t allowed more than two runs) and a rookie who’s not pitching like one (nine straight starts with three runor less allowed to start his career), I have plenty of reason to feel confident.

Under 8 for the game. Under 4 first five. And as an added tip, a bit on the D-Backs on the +1.5 and for the W. Good teams don’t often get swept by bad teams, but here’s a spot where the matchup presents an opportunity, especially the effect the first part of this sentence will have on the home team’s value.

September 1st, 2010 9:48:40 AM UTC | Posted in Baseball, Free Picks by Griffdog | No Comments

September 1 Sports Cartoon of the Day

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NFL Week 1: Sept 9 – 13
Thu, Sep 09
MIN @ NO 8:30 PM

Sun, Sep 12
CLE @ TB 1:00 PM
MIA @ BUF 1:00 PM
CIN @ NE 1:00 PM
IND @ HOU 1:00 PM
DEN @ JAC 1:00 PM
ATL @ PIT 1:00 PM
OAK @ TEN 1:00 PM
CAR @ NYG 1:00 PM
DET @ CHI 1:00 PM
ARI @ STL 4:15 PM
GB @ PHI 4:15 PM
SF @ SEA 4:15 PM
DAL @ WAS 8:20 PM

Mon, Sep 13
BAL @ NYJ 7:00 PM
SD @ KC 10:15 PM

September 1st, 2010 12:01:04 AM UTC | Posted in Sports Cartoon by admin | No Comments

Taking a break from the game

I’ve recently taken an extended break from poker. The main reason for this is that I ran really, really bad for about a month and it really started to effect my play at the tables.

I know that bad beats are going to happen from time to time. This is unavoidable if you play a lot of poker. You just have to not let it bother you. Early on in my poker career, bad beats would really cause me to play poorly. I would tilt easily and just give away money sometimes. Fortunately, I have been able to escape this and I deal much better with bad beats now.

In the past few months though I started to go back to the way I was earlier in my poker career. For about a month, I went on the worst run that I’ve ever had. I can’t even count the number of times that I was run down by one or two outers that took my whole stack.

I even switched to tournament poker for a little while trying to switch things up. Well, things didn’t go much better there. I actually got deep into a tournament as the chip leader which, if I had held on, would have been the biggest score of my poker career. Unfortunately, I was run down by four underpairs when all the money went in preflop. This all happened within an hour and I was eliminated out of the tournament scoring just a min-cash. That was really, really depressing. I really feel like I should have won that tournament.

So, I decided to take a little break and went to visit family for a few weeks. I am back now, feeling refreshed and ready to give it another shot. I have been catching up on some of the cash game action on TV and am starting to feel really motivated.

Let’s get the cards in the air and see what happens.

August 31st, 2010 9:53:53 PM UTC | Posted in Poker by windizzle | No Comments

MLB Pick (August 31): Houston Astros vs. St. Louis Cardinals

Picking the Astros last night resulted in a winner, and it will tonight as well.

Sure, the Cardinals have an excellent chance to get the W everytime their ace takes the hill.

However, the Cards aren’t playing like winners right now, and that sets them up to get knocked back down by the ‘Stros again tonight.

If you got the Astros on the moneyline and/or runline earlier, kudos, as the line has dropped drastically over the last several hours. Dropping as it may be, both the ‘Stros moneyline and runline are both in my sights tonight.

August 31st, 2010 2:37:51 PM UTC | Posted in Baseball, Free Picks by Griffdog | No Comments